Lead Software Developer – SC Cleared

Project overview

Lead Software Developer – SC Cleared

Whitehall Resources are currently looking for an Lead Software Developer on a remote basis for an initial 5 month contract.

Job Spec:

Key Responsibilities

Required Technical Competencies

Aptitudes / Personal Attributes

All of our opportunities require that applicants are eligible to work in the specified country/location, unless otherwise stated in the job description.

Whitehall Resources are an equal opportunities employer who value a diverse and inclusive working environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics.

• Design and implement AI development and experimentation environments.
• Evaluate emerging AI tooling, frameworks and technology platforms.
• Build integration services, APIs and orchestration capabilities.
• Support deployment, monitoring and operational readiness activities.
• Assess tooling costs, licensing impacts and infrastructure requirements.
• Develop reusable accelerators, technical assets and reference implementations.
• Implement security controls, monitoring and operational guardrails.
• Support continuous improvement and optimisation of AI platforms.
• Provide technical guidance to multidisciplinary teams.
• Software engineering and cloud infrastructure expertise.
• Experience with AI platforms AWS Bedrock and Microsoft Foundry, APIs and orchestration frameworks.
• Knowledge of Azure AI services and cloud-native architectures.
• DevOps, CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code practices.
• Cost optimisation and cloud consumption management.
• Security, monitoring and operational support principles.
• Integration and automation technologies.
• Strong technical curiosity and innovation mindset.
• Pragmatic approach to balancing risk, cost and capability.
• Adaptable and responsive to emerging technologies.
• Collaborative and supportive team player.
• Strong ownership and delivery focus.
• Comfortable working with uncertain or incomplete requirements.

Project details

• Start: flexible
• Location: England, GB